Something about seeing some elk and listening to them bugle, does my heart good.
Category: Animals
Never Good
It’s never good when you are driving through a neighbor’s pasture to your own and recognize your own cattle. What the heck? We popped over the hill and found the reason… the gate lay on the ground, gate stick broken. So began a list of work. Herd our cattle back into our pasture. Remove neighbor’s…
Riding the Top
Late morning found us on the mountain pasture, gathering cattle for weaning and preg testing. As we decided which way various kids and adults were riding, I voted for riding the top of the ”Bar C” since I hadn’t ridden up there for years. You can’t hardly beat the view… except the Idaho smoke was…
Preg Test Day One
A panorama of the alleyway makes it look like it is u shaped instead of straight. On the left is the vet’s chute and the preg test crew… on the right is Vernon bringing the girls up the alley. I worked alongside, sending the girls closer to the chute, where Victoria encouraged them to enter…
Wordless Wednesday: “Surprising Each Other”
Photo courtesy of Megan. For a jigsaw puzzle of this bull elk, go HERE.
#TBT: Shipping Day Scenery, v.2.0
This was first posted September 4, 2011. We headed back up the mountain to ship those cows marked as “open”, or not pregnant… as well as those cows we “mouthed out”, checking for teeth loss due to old age. The ol’ girls have done us pretty good. We had to sell our last two red…
Awards and Sponsorships
Early morning on the mountain on my long legged horse… Saddling at 5:30 was the plan, but saddling 8 kids’ horses is rather a chore and then tossing on our five saddles… the guys still ended up driving up the mountain with the sunrise glaring in their eyes. Not often do we have all the…
Cowboy Day
Cowboy Day! Everyone but Quinlan spent a gorgeous day on the mountain gathering cattle. Quinlan chose to spend the day with a friend before school starts tomorrow. Tired cowgirl!It was the perfect day to spend the ”last” day of freedom! It even rained on us at the end! Yay for rain!
No Fog Interference
I didn’t think we’d go. The clouds lowered themselves in a foggy curtsey over the mountaintops. Soft billowing waves of fog drifted down, then up, and down again. I’ve ridden in the clouds… it’s a game of peekaboo with the cows. Sometimes it’s not the most enjoyable of days. The word was given. Horses saddled….
#TBT: One Day, v.2.0
This was first posted August 2, 2011. We moved the last of our cattle that are down low to our Mesa Pasture early this morning. Dally was my dog of the day… and it wasn’t very long before she was soaking wet from the heavy dew that lay on the grass and in the willows….
Branding Video
Branding is an essential part of our ranching operation. A big thank you to friends and neighbors that help make it happen!